Albert Rosellini

Albert Rosellini (21 January 1910-10 October 2011) was Governor of Washington (D) from 14 January 1957 to 11 January 1965, succeeding Arthur B. Langlie and preceding Daniel J. Evans. Rosellini was the first Italian-American and Catholic governor elected west of the Mississippi River.

Biography
Albert Rosellini was born in Tacoma, Washington on 21 January 1910 to Italian immigrant parents, and he graduated from the University of Washington in 1933. He was elected to the State Senate at the young age of 29, serving as a Democratic Party politician. Rosellini was a New Deal Democrat, and he was elected Governor in 1957. Rosellini was known to get things done, completing stalled projects. Rosellini worked to reform the state's prisons and mental health facilities, expand the state highway system, create the University of Washington's mental and dental schools, and build the second floating bridge across Lake Washington. He was defeated for re-election in 1964, and he died in 2011 at the age of 101.